Father’s silence is not merely the absence of sound. It’s a creature with a life of its own. … - Franny Billingsley

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I just feel happy to be in America, like I said, it's the most beautiful country in the world.

Franny Billingsley

Father’s silence is not merely the absence of sound. It’s a creature with a life of its own. It chokes you. It pinches you small as a grain of rice. It twists in your gut like a worm. Silence clawed at my throat. It left a taste of burnt matches.

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It’s one thing if a person learns you’re a witch. It’s quite another if he learns you’re a murderer. I almost forget I’m a witch now that I know I’m a murderer—murderess, actually. Murderess sounds so much worse.

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You could at least complain,” I say. “I adore complaining. It calms the nerves.

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A girl can have the face of an angel but have a horrid sort of heart.

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I explained we lost the porch to the flood. Father hasn't gotten around to rebuilding it, although he's quite a good carpenter. He says if Jesus was a carpenter, its good enough for a clergyman. But I don't remember that Jesus let his house fall down.

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That’s where proper stories begin, don’t they, when the handsome stranger arrives and everything goes wrong?

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